The Jack Benny Program (old-time radio): every episode, 1932-1955 · page 3 of 3

The Jack Benny Program is an old-time radio comedy series that aired on NBC / CBS Radio from 1932 to 1955, starring Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson. Stupid Potato carries 699 episodes, listed here in the order they first aired, each with its air date. Every episode is free to listen to, live around the clock on its own channel, and as a podcast: no sign-up, no app.

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Episode list: 501 to 699 of 699

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  1. Jack's broken New Year's date - again

    · 30 min

  2. Don treats us to Drear Pooson

    · 30 min

  3. How Jack and Fred Allen met

    · 30 min

  4. reads I Was Betrayed

    · 30 min

  5. prepares to go to New York by train for a Heart Fund benefit

    · 30 min

  6. Broadcast from New York, New York - the Heart Fund

    · 30 min

  7. From NY - Allen's Alley with old cast

    · 30 min

  8. returns to L.A. on the train

    · 30 min

  9. The Whistler

    · 30 min

  10. Buck Benny Rides Again

    · 30 min

  11. Sagebrush Soap contest

    · 30 min

  12. The Champion

    · 30 min

  13. Guest Bob Hope - broadcast from Palm Springs

    · 30 min

  14. Guest Al Jolson - broadcast from Palm Springs

    · 30 min

  15. gives 50 cents to a bum

    · 32 min

  16. gets the house painted

    · 30 min

  17. The Beavers do the show

    · 30 min

  18. Easter show

    · 30 min

  19. buys a new suit for his publicity tour

    · 30 min

  20. Mother's Day gags

    · 30 min

  21. gets a haircut to look his best for the sponsor

    · 30 min

  22. Last show of the season

    · 30 min

  23. First show of season - back from London

    · 30 min

  24. remembers his trip to Venice

    · 30 min

  25. The goldrush of '49

    · 30 min

  26. The Maxwell is stolen

    · 30 min

  27. listens to the World Series

    · 29 min

  28. dreams he is married to Mary

    · 29 min

  29. Don tries to borrow $50,000 for a new candy business

    · 30 min

  30. How Jack met the Colmans

    · 30 min

  31. Coming home on the train playing 20 questions

    · 29 min

  32. Guest Richard Widmark - A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich, and Murder

    · 30 min

  33. and Dinah in London

    · 29 min

  34. tries to buy a ticket to the USC-UCLA game

    · 30 min

  35. Guest Amos & Andy - Mary's grass reek

    · 29 min

  36. Guests Eddie Cantor, Charles Ferrell - Murder at the Racquet Club

    · 30 min

  37. buys golf tees for Don

    · 30 min

  38. The Beavers come to Jack's for Christmas

    · 25 min

  39. A New Year's fantasy

    · 30 min

  40. King Solomon's Mines - part 1

    · 30 min

  41. King Solomon's Mines - part 2

    · 26 min

  42. goes to the doctor

    · 30 min

  43. Guest Douglas Fairbanks

    · 29 min

  44. Bank robbery

    · 24 min

  45. The founding of Palm Springs

    · 30 min

  46. watches TV - with the Colmans

    · 30 min

  47. I Was Coerced

    · 26 min

  48. waits for his TV script - goes to the dentist

    · 30 min

  49. listen to radio in bed - talks about last week's illness

    · 30 min

  50. Sunset Boulevard

    · 30 min

  51. Leaving New York to do his TV show - Jack takes Babe Livingstone to the train

    · 30 min

  52. The I.R.S. visits Jack - part 1

    · 30 min

  53. The I.R.S. visits Jack - part 2 - Jack spent $17 on entertainment

    · 30 min

  54. The I.R.S. visits Jack - part 3 - Jack and cast go to the circus

    · 30 min

  55. Broadcast from Nellis Air Force Base - The Las Vegas Hotel

    · 30 min

  56. reads I Was Shanghaied

    · 30 min

  57. Cast dissatisfied with their new contracts

    · 30 min

  58. visits the doctor

    · 30 min

  59. Last show of season - Jack introduces the cast - everyone sings the commercial

    · 30 min

  60. First show of season - Jack returns from U.S.O. trip to Korea

    · 27 min

  61. Captain Horatio Hornblower

    · 30 min

  62. takes his song to the publisher

    · 30 min

  63. At a nightclub to hear the Sportsmen Quartet

    · 29 min

  64. loses his song

    · 28 min

  65. Guest George Jessell - George narrates Jack's Life

    · 30 min

  66. Saturday's Hero

    · 30 min

  67. and Mary see Golden Girl with Dennis' mother

    · 30 min

  68. goes shopping for cufflinks for Don

    · 30 min

  69. Palm Springs murder mystery - the Guadalajara Trio sing Jack's song

    · 30 min

  70. Decorating the Christmas tree

    · 30 min

  71. New Year's Eve date with a French girl

    · 30 min

  72. Suspense

    · 30 min

  73. gets a haircut

    · 30 min

  74. Guest George Burns - George sings Jack's song

    · 25 min

  75. Wolfe Gilbert will publish Jack's song

    · 30 min

  76. goes to New York to get his song published

    · 30 min

  77. dreams the New York Symphony plays his song

    · 30 min

  78. The Fiddler - Jack tries to buy a car

    · 30 min

  79. Guests Frank Sinatra, George Burns, Groucho Marks, Danny Kaye - Jack's song

    · 30 min

  80. Hospital Nurse - 4th TV show of the season

    · 29 min

  81. IRS pays a visit

    · 30 min

  82. Broadcast from San Diego - Jack relates his Naval career

    · 30 min

  83. opens his swimming pool - goes to the dentist

    · 30 min

  84. and Mary walk in the Easter parade

    · 30 min

  85. All Hands on Deck - broadcast from San Diego Naval Base

    · 30 min

  86. Guest Jimmy Stewart - Bend in the River

    · 30 min

  87. At the Ball Game

    · 30 min

  88. takes the Beavers to the zoo while Roy and Rochester clean

    · 30 min

  89. Down on the Farm

    · 30 min

  90. prepares for his trip to London - Jack gets money from Ed in the vault

    · 30 min

  91. Last show of season - Phil Harris's last show

    · 30 min

  92. First show of season - Bob Crosby signs contract to replace Phil Harris

    · 30 min

  93. goes shopping with Mary in Scotland

    · 30 min

  94. Guest Stanley Kramer - High Noon

    · 30 min

  95. Scoop Benny - Ace Reporter

    · 30 min

  96. catches his nose in a gopher trap

    · 30 min

  97. buys 20th Century Fox

    · 30 min

  98. A gossip article about Jack

    · 30 min

  99. Goes Trick or Treating with the Beavers

    · 30 min

  100. goes to the doctor for a vitamin shot

    · 30 min

  101. reads The Purple Pirate

    · 30 min

  102. Snows of Kilimanjaro

    · 30 min

  103. Thanksgiving pilgrims

    · 30 min

  104. Happy time

    · 30 min

  105. buys Don a gopher trap for Christmas

    · 30 min

  106. Setting up the Christmas tree

    · 30 min

  107. The dishwasher is broken

    · 30 min

  108. Guest Bob Hope - The Road to Bali

    · 30 min

  109. goes to an auction and ends up with an umbrella stand

    · 30 min

  110. Phone company wants to install a phone - Jack, Mary and Dennis go to the race

    · 30 min

  111. High Noon

    · 30 min

  112. Palm Springs Steak Ride

    · 30 min

  113. Guest Bing Crosby - his life story

    · 30 min

  114. Beavers spoof the Benny show

    · 30 min

  115. Preparing to go to New York City

    · 30 min

  116. The Snows Of Kilimanjaro

    · 26 min

  117. How Palm Springs was founded

    · 30 min

  118. A walk through Beverly Hills

    · 25 min

  119. Mississippi gambler

    · 26 min

  120. Easter parade

    · 27 min

  121. Missing Heir

    · 30 min

  122. Bob borrows $500 from Jack

    · 30 min

  123. Guest Fred Allen

    · 26 min

  124. Guest Fred Allen - vaudeville days - broadcast from San Francisco

    · 31 min

  125. Broadcast from San Francisco - Gisele Mac Kenzie

    · 25 min

  126. Broadcast from San Francisco - CA Lt. Governor Goodwin Knight

    · 30 min

  127. I Flew to Mars

    · 30 min

  128. Insurance medical exam

    · 26 min

  129. listens to the Indy 500 on the radio

    · 30 min

  130. A gondola in Venice - Last show of the season

    · 30 min

  131. First show of the season - Jack returns from Hawaii

    · 30 min

  132. Return to Paradise

    · 30 min

  133. takes Polly to the psychiatrist

    · 30 min

  134. Guest Leo Durocher - Leo and Jack watch the World Series

    · 30 min

  135. tries to sell his house for $100,000

    · 30 min

  136. Wings of the Hawk

    · 30 min

  137. Preparing for train trip to New York City

    · 30 min

  138. A radio D.J. wakes Jack at 4 in the morning - Jack takes a walk

    · 30 min

  139. All American

    · 30 min

  140. prepares for his TV show

    · 30 min

  141. Dennis imitates people on the phone to Jack

    · 27 min

  142. Thanksgiving dinner

    · 30 min

  143. talks about his TV show

    · 30 min

  144. buys Don dates for Christmas

    · 29 min

  145. Cactus Christmas tree

    · 29 min

  146. tries to get tickets to the Rose Bowl game

    · 30 min

  147. The Don Wilson story

    · 30 min

  148. gets a parking ticket

    · 30 min

  149. goes to the races

    · 30 min

  150. Guest show

    · 27 min

  151. Dennis' mother tells him to quit the show (network)

    · 30 min

  152. Jack's 39th birthday - again

    · 30 min

  153. Train trip to New York

    · 30 min

  154. Broadcast from New York, New York

    · 25 min

  155. Jack's big date at the Acme Plaza Hotel - broadcast from New York, New York

    · 30 min

  156. On the train to Los Angeles

    · 30 min

  157. listens to Mean Old Man on the radio

    · 30 min

  158. Dennis wants to join the Air Force - secrets of a psychiatrist

    · 30 min

  159. hasn't received his new contract

    · 30 min

  160. Easter parade

    · 30 min

  161. and cast hold a seance

    · 30 min

  162. loses $4.75 at the race track

    · 30 min

  163. A day at the beach

    · 30 min

  164. takes a date to an underground restaurant

    · 30 min

  165. Jack's trip to Las Vegas

    · 30 min

  166. buys a new suit

    · 30 min

  167. Last show of the season - Jack prepares for a trip to Dallas

    · 30 min

  168. First show of the season - Dennis is quitting

    · 30 min

  169. Garden of Evil

    · 30 min

  170. Polly Goes To The Shrink

    · 30 min

  171. The Purple Pirate

    · 29 min

  172. Jack, Don and Dennis go to the drive-in

    · 30 min

  173. Sees A Doctor

    · 29 min

  174. Dinner at Don's

    · 30 min

  175. is sick in bed

    · 30 min

  176. takes Dennis to the psychiatrist

    · 29 min

  177. buys oil paints for Don for Christmas

    · 29 min

  178. A trip to Palm Springs

    · 30 min

  179. Christmas in Palm Springs

    · 30 min

  180. visits a sick Dennis

    · 30 min

  181. The Rose Bowl Parade - broadcast from New York

    · 30 min

  182. Elephants' Graveyard

    · 30 min

  183. No script

    · 28 min

  184. A trip to the race track - Jack bets on Our Fancy

    · 30 min

  185. and Don go to the Beverly Wilshire Health Club

    · 30 min

  186. is insured by the sponsor for $1,000,000

    · 30 min

  187. No one remembers Jack's birthday

    · 30 min

  188. The Beavers Do The Show

    · 27 min

  189. Jack's TV breaks - he tries to get a new one

    · 30 min

  190. The Life Of Jack Benny Movie

    · 29 min

  191. Selling Jack's House

    · 30 min

  192. Jury duty

    · 30 min

  193. Shooting of Dan Mc Grew

    · 30 min

  194. Ed comes up from the vault

    · 30 min

  195. Guest Bob Hope - Bob and Jack double-date

    · 30 min

  196. rents his Maxwell to 20th Century Fox

    · 30 min

  197. Jack's love letters - Jack buys a baseball team

    · 30 min

  198. paints the house - meets a friend at the train station

    · 30 min

  199. Last radio broadcast - Twombly, the sound effects man, has difficulty

    · 30 min

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